I took my 10month old DS to the doctors today as I suspected some kind of allergy.
I posted on here a week ago about his awful awful sleep (awake every 45 minutes some nights) and some very kind mumsnetters advised me that that could possibly be the cause.
I told the doctor his symptoms: bad sleep, sometimes green / stinky nappies, sometimes rash when eating, bad wind, (once) blood in his nappy, folds under eyes, has had hives. She said that it did sound like a dairy intolerence and that he would grow out of it.
She advised that I stop breastfeeding as the ingredients are the same and its possible that he was allergic to both. She has prescribed Neocate and vitamin drops and said to put him on those. Although, in fairness she did say it was my decision etc. Does that sound right? I was a bit confused by that as I thought cows milk was very allergenic and breast milk wasn't? I feel very stressed at the idea of having to wean DS.. especially as he doesn't eat tonnes as it is.
This has hit me for six a bit to be honest, I really wasn't expecting it and now I'm having to check the ingredients in everything.. I don't know where to go from here.
Is it worth paying a private dietician for some advice?
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
Mumsnet doesn't verify the qualifications of users. If you have medical concerns, please consult a healthcare professional.
Allergies and intolerances
Doctors appointment. What do I do now?
9 replies
Pleasesleep · 01/05/2013 21:44
OP posts:
babybarrister ·
03/05/2013 13:38
This reply has been deleted
Message withdrawn at poster's request.
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.